I ran across this fascinating documentary (posted on YouTube in its entirety) about Hawaii’s last monarch, Lili’uokalani. Many know that the Queen was an accomplished musician, writing the Hawaiian ukulele standard, “Aloha ‘Oe,” but I had heard very little about how she came to power and would ultimately lose it to America. From PBS’ [...]
TV game show Wheel of Fortune is giving away 10 trips for two to Hawaii this week as part of their “2nd Honeymoon” promotion.
To enter, viewers watch the show’s final moments and input the answer to that evening’s bonus puzzle in a form on the Wheel of Fortune website.
The promotion runs through February 13, 2009.
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Food Network’s program Ace of Cakes follows the escapades of Charm City Cakes in Baltimore, MD. Charm City creates incredible looking themed cakes and in this week’s episode, the crew creates a tiki-themed cake for a local couple celebrating their anniversary.
The episode, entitled “Tiki Time,” runs Thursday, January 28 at 10:00 PM ET/PT, Jan 29 [...]
Hawaii Five-O, the now classic police drama set in Hawaii, can now be watched anytime for free on CBS.com. The series, which ran from 1968 to 1980(!), starred Jack Lord and his immovable hair curl as Steve McGarrett and James MacArthur as his second-in-command, Danno.
19 episodes in total from seasons 1 and 2 can be [...]
Starting next week, TV’s evergreen game show Wheel of Fortune will be giving away two trips for two each night to the big island of Hawaii.
To enter, viewers must watch the show March 24-28 and enter the answer to the bonus round puzzle on the Wheel of Fortune website that evening.
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My son and I are both addicted to the new Nickelodeon show, “Yo Gabba Gabba!,” developed for the channel by members of the indie-favorite band “The Aquabats.”
The show’s opening sequence has a breif segment of exotica music as DJ Lance Rock walks onscreen — I have to wonder if this isn’t a nod to the [...]